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Jeff Wrangler:
Christmas stories? Does anyone ever actually read A Christmas Carol anymore? I have. It's quite good, if you like Dickens. It's also short, a plus at this busy season. (And there's always Brokeback Mountain Christmas fanfiction. ...  ;D )

Meanwhile, got two books goin' at once:

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, by Amy Kelly. It's 50 years old, but it's the classic treatment of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four kings in her life, her two royal husbands and her two royal sons.

The Reckoning, by Charles Nicholl, about the somewhat mysterious circumstances surrounding the death, in 1593, of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in what the coroner ruled was a fight over "the reckoning," or the tavern bill.

southendmd:
Hi Kd,

I can definitely recommend Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory".  I wouldn't call it depressing, but it's also not sentimental.  It's one of his most famous stories.  I posted on David's favorite holiday movie thread that I also love the black-and-white film version done in 1967.  It stars Geraldine Page as Capote's eccentric cousin/aunt.

One of the things I'm reading is actually a collection of Capote's short stories which happens to include "A Christmas Memory". 

There's always "Close Range" to see what else Annie P was up to. 

MaineWriter:
I actually like John Grisham's Skipping Christmas and read that annually.

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Meryl:
This is great!  I've already got some intriguing authors to check out.  Mel, I haven't heard of Bill Bryson, but I'll look for him.  I like your idea of putting the name of the book in boldface, too.  I went back and modified my post to do the same.

Jeff, those books sound interesting to an anglophile.  Are they historical novels, or are they non-fiction accounts?

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Meryl on December 07, 2006, 01:15:58 pm ---This is great!  I've already got some intriguing authors to check out.  Mel, I haven't heard of Bill Bryson, but I'll look for him.  I like your idea of putting the name of the book in boldface, too.  I went back and modified my post to do the same.

Jeff, those books sound interesting to an anglophile.  Are they historical novels, or are they non-fiction accounts?

--- End quote ---

Definitely nonfiction. The Kelly is the classic historical study of the life of Eleanor. The Reckoning is a little on the odd side, not a straightforward narrative, but fascinating for its study of domestic and foreign espionage in Elizabethan England.

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